surcharged

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F. P. A.: "Surcharged with platitudinous symbolism and spurious poetry."

From Time Magazine Archive

Surcharged steam, law of expansion of, by heat.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

He ceased, discerning Adam with such joy Surcharged, as had like grief been dewed in tears, Without the vent of words; which these he breathed.

From Paradise Lost by Milton, John

Surcharged with distracting regrets as he was, he had an inspiration.

From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Surcharged with an emotion that she was irresistibly urged to express, and unable to do so by word of mouth, she was driven to the necessity of putting it down on paper for him.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway